Astrophysicists announce discovery that could rewrite story of how galaxies die
(PHYSorg.com Space & Earth)

At the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in St. Louis, Missouri, Allison Kirkpatrick, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas, will announce her discovery of `cold quasars`-galaxies featuring an abundance of cold gas that still can produce new stars despite having a quasar at the center-a breakthrough finding that overturns assumptions about the maturation of galaxies and may represent a phase of every galaxy`s lifecycle that was unknown until now.